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• VIDEO Sox fans talk about Game 5
• Bob Ryan Red Sox are clutch, to their credit
• Beckett is game for resurgent Red Sox
• Dan Shaughnessy Reaction of Rays is great unknown
• Red Sox notebook Red Sox' Masterson threw everything, including sink, at Rays
• Rays notebook Rays' Howell shakes off poor outing
• At last, crunch time was punch time
• Been there, won that
• It's nothing to howl about

• Protests loom over state cuts (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Swat team takes to trees (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
• Lament of the Fenway unfaithful (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
• Former gangster turned to Bulger (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
• Couple allegedly harassed neighbors (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Logan twice missed passenger's weapons (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
• Security tightened for police promotion exams (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
• South Station train board now arriving on eBay (Boston Globe)
• Spiritual Life The soul? It may all be in your mind (By Rich Barlow, Boston Globe)
• New England in brief Man is sentenced in investment scam (Boston Globe)
• State tweaks health insurance rules (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
• Framingham double killing described (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• With SWAT team, police arrest teen in Sudbury (By John M Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent)
• Family to receive pilot's 150 medals (By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
• Fearing for seniors, Maine takes over 7 centers (Boston Globe)

• Levi Stubbs, 72, Four Tops lead singer, Motown star (By Mike Householder, Associated Press)
• John S. Drabik, 84, vocalist, museum director (By Gabrielle T. Dunn, Globe Correspondent)
• Iba Ndiaye, 80, African modernist painter of Senegal (Boston Globe)
• Jack Narz, 85, longtime TV game show host (By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times)

• On Sunset Strip, grit meets glamour (By Cara Mia DiMassa, Los Angeles Times)
• Stevens combative on witness stand (By Matt Apuzzo and Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press)
• Beluga whale joins endangered species list (By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)
• Daily Briefing No visas required for six countries (Boston Globe)
• Campaign Notebook Live from New York, it'll be Palin, the real one, on 'SNL' tonight (Boston Globe)
• Obama expands attack on McCain's healthcare proposal (Boston Globe)
• McCain defends Joe the plumber (Boston Globe)
• DECISION: OHIO Neighborhood says its vote goes beyond race (By Scott Helman, Globe Staff)
• McCain campaign, GOP launch 'robocalls' in battleground states (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)

• Afghans say 17 civilians were killed in fighting (By Laura King, Los Angeles Times)
• Iraq accord sets withdrawal date (By Thom Shanker, New York Times News Service)
• Daily Briefing 47 are convicted for role in terror attack (Boston Globe)
• High-ranking Al Qaeda operative believed killed in Pakistan (By Pir Zubair Shah, New York Times News Service)
• Austria, Japan, and Turkey win Security Council seats (By Neil Macfarquhar, New York Times News Service)
• China eases restrictions on foreign journalists (By Tini Tran, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial Give this school a reprieve
• Globe Editorial Waste makes haste
• Globe Editorial History's unbearable weight
• Derrick Z. Jackson The force of the Hillary Effect
• Ephraim Sneh A Mideast plan for the next president
• Winter Miller Standing up for your gay friend
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• For the record

• 'Golden years' losing luster amid deep investment losses (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
• Venture capital investing decreases (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• World beckons Hub architects (By Scott Van Voorhis, Globe Correspondent)
• Students take to the streets to aid displaced tenants (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Business in brief FDA will seek advice on new version of a Genzyme drug (Boston Globe)
• THE COLOR OF MONEY |MICHELLE SINGLETARY Raised FDIC insurance coverage limit does not apply to retirement accounts (Boston Globe)
• Wall Street ends two weeks of tumult on a quiet note (Boston Globe)
• Redstone's firm in refinancing talks (Boston Globe)
• AIG may tap third US fund source (Boston Globe)

• Beckett is game for resurgent Red Sox (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Red Sox are clutch, to their credit (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• Dan Shaughnessy Reaction of Rays is great unknown (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
• Not playing really hurt Ross and Neal (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Drysdale knows way at Head of the Charles (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
• Head of Charles notebook They've gone from Beijing to Boston (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
• Sports Log Melvin extended; Brewers reject Sveum (Boston Globe)
• Patriots notebook Patriots' Light OK, but line play isn't (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook Cowboys stay mum, Romo 'questionable' (Boston Globe)
• Celtics notebook Rondo sprains ankle in defeat (By Frank Dell'Apa and Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff)
• Krejci navigating well in NHL (By Barbara Matson, Globe Staff)
• Senators thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• NHL roundup Senators dominate Coyotes (Boston Globe)
• At last, crunch time was punch time (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Been there, won that (Boston Globe)
• It's nothing to howl about (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• Rays notebook Rays' Howell shakes off poor outing (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• Dartmouth 36, Barnstable 29 Dartmouth survives late scare (By Mike Carraggi, Globe Correspondent)
• Longmeadow 46, Northampton 16 Just your average rout for Longmeadow (By Jonathan Raymond, Globe Correspondent)
• Marshfield 37. Plym. North 20 Leaving nothing to chance (By Emily Wright, Globe Correspondent)
• BB&N 28, Belmont Hill 10 BB&N win eventually comes to pass (By David Carty, Globe Correspondent)
• Football roundup For 2, games end perfectly (By Michael Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
• Roundup Cannon fires KP to last-second win (By Susan Choy, Globe Correspondent)
• BC High 42, Cambridge 13 BC High scores on rebound (By Brendan Hall, Globe Correspondent)
• BC faces major hurdle in Va. Tech (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• National college football It ranks as a big test for Texas (Boston Globe)
• New England football Shining son can't burn London (By Craig Larson, Globe Staff)
• BU 5, Merrimack 2 Yip paces BU to 3d straight (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• College hockey roundup Bradford helps power Boston College over Bowling Green (Boston Globe)

• The oyster is his world (By Necee Regis, Globe Correspondent)
• Bring the Family Carving out a record (Boston Globe)
• Bring the Family A feast for the senses (Boston Globe)
• Rock Sibling revelry (Boston Globe)
• FAMILY Step on it (Boston Globe)
• ROCK I want my CCTV (Boston Globe)
• FILM Thanks for the memories (Boston Globe)
• SHOPPING TIP OF THE DAY Just bead it (Boston Globe)
• QUICK PICKS Exhibit (Boston Globe)
• Family King Richard's Faire (Boston Globe)
• Benefit Chili Con Carnival (Boston Globe)
• Festival Harvest Festival (Boston Globe)
• Family Great Pumpkin Weekend (Boston Globe)
• Heads Up Reading (Boston Globe)
• Barcode A trip to the pumpkin patch (By Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent)
• Sauce Roadhouse vibe comes to Brookline (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
• Music Review BSO premieres Kirchner's 'Forbidden' music (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Dance Review 'Celtic' taps into worlds of rhythm (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
• Opera Review Opera Boston takes aim at Weber's 'Der Freischutz' (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Stage Review Miss Margaret dreams of Milwaukee (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
• Dance Review This 'Cinderella' has its charms (By Thea Singer, Globe Correspondent)
• Russian writers explore the immigrant experience (By Maria Danilova, Associated Press)
• Television Review Honoring a tireless breast-cancer crusader (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Book Review The human cost of a war without end (By Jim Chiavelli, Boston Globe)
• Alex Beam Contrary to popular belief... (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
• Critic's corner (Boston Globe)
• Names 'Indecision 2008' comes to Boston (By Mark Shanahan and Paysha Rhone , Globe Staff)
• More celebrity news Jury gets Britney case (Boston Globe)

• BMW unveils 50-state legal diesel (and fixes iDrive) (By Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times)

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